Jamie Menagh lived in a plush waterside apartment before his arrest
A former professional footballer started his career at Blackpool FC turned to distributing cocaine and heroin when he needed the money.
Between May 3 and September 21 last year, Guy Remington drove to mainland Europe, before returning to his Hereford home 24 hours later. Remington would then travel to Luke Hirst's farm in Wales, and remove the drugs from a concealment hidden behind the wooden panels of his trailer. The drugs were then sorted into boxes and bags for onward supply.
And on October 26 2023, a search warrant was carried out at Station Road, Leatherhead which led to the arrest of Morgan Towner, who acted as a courier for an OCG based in the south of England. The NWROCU has now said that after the warrant was executed at the farm in North Wales, Charles Dilworth, 25, of Churston Road, Childwall, fled the scene and later left the country.
Further investigations into the gang dredged up CCTV footage of Menagh loading drugs into his van. The NWROCU said he was a class A drug supplier who helped the gang then distribute to the other couriers. The court heard he had been recruited in order to earn some quick cash and didn't have knowledge of the scope of the drug conspiracy
NWROCU Detective Chief Superintendent Ian Whitehead said: "These drugs would have originated from South America. We know some of the orchestration was carried out by people in Dubai. The drugs were brought onto mainland Europe and then through the ports into the UK for distribution.
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